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Jun 24 Isner and Mahut

June 24, 2010 - On this day at 4:48 in the afternoon, the world's longest tennis match finally ended. John Isner defeated Nicoloas Mahut in the first round at Wimbledon after 11 hours and 5 minutes of play that stretched over 3 days and 183 games.

The final score was 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7-9), 7-6(7-3), 70-68.

According to Wikipedia, here are the records that were smashed during this marathon match:

Longest match (11 hours, 5 minutes)Longest set (5th set was 8 hours, 11 minutes)Most games in a set (138 in the 5th set)Most games in a match (183)Most aces in a match by one player (Isner, 113)Total aces in a match (216)Consecutive service games held (168: 84 for each player)